When I first heard that "Tomb Raider" was getting a reboot, my exact reaction was a simple shrug. Though you could say I grew up with the character, first playing the game as a teenage girl, then watching the movies amidst hangovers in my twenties, I was exactly clamoring for a new start. Lara Croft, for all her tough, adventuring, girl power was always a bit more of a male fantasy than a fully … [Read more...]

Lara Croft has been a household name for over two decades and she was in desperate need of a reboot. As time moves on, society changes, and with that, so must everything evolve to remain part of the fabric of pop culture. Yes, that goes for fictional video game heroines too.
Enter Alicia Vikander, who stars as Lara Croft in the upcoming film reboot, "Tomb Raider." While her predecessor, … [Read more...]